Jan van Huysum
Dutch painter
Died when: 64 years 299 days (777 months)Star Sign: Aries
Jan van Huysum (or Jan van Huijsum) (15 April 1682 – 8 February 1749) was the most notable member of the Van Huysum family of artists working in Dutch Golden Age of the 17th and 18th centuries; “by common consent, Jan van Huysum has been held to be the best painter of flowers.” Trained in decoration from a young age, he “gradually developed an execution of details of the utmost beauty and finish” creating “wonderful flower pieces whereon drops of water and crawling ants could be seen without a magnifying glass.”
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